CN115165762B - Chip with spectrum resolution function - Google Patents

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CN115165762B
CN115165762B CN202210882377.9A CN202210882377A CN115165762B CN 115165762 B CN115165762 B CN 115165762B CN 202210882377 A CN202210882377 A CN 202210882377A CN 115165762 B CN115165762 B CN 115165762B
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The invention discloses a chip with a spectrum resolution function, which comprises a micro-ring and at least one group of wavelength selectors, wherein the output end of the micro-ring is connected with the input end of the at least one group of wavelength selectors through a waveguide, each group of wavelength selectors is correspondingly provided with a light emitter, a first detector and a second detector, the output end of the wavelength selector is connected with the light emitter through the waveguide, the first detector receives a laser signal sent by the light emitter, and the second detector receives the laser signal reflected by the free space and sent by the light emitter. The invention integrates the optical frequency comb, the thermo-optical modulator, the optical transmitter, the germanium detector and the waveguide on the silicon substrate from the light source intensity, the wavelength selection and the spectrum signal detection, realizes the high-performance on-chip silicon-based spectrometer chip, can realize the high-precision light splitting function in a small size compared with the traditional dispersion structure device, and can meet the daily use requirement of the spectrometer.

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Chip with spectrum resolution function
Technical Field
The invention relates to a chip, in particular to a chip with a spectrum resolution function, and belongs to the technical field of chips.
Background
The spectrometer is a scientific instrument for decomposing light with complex components into spectral lines, and is composed of components such as a dispersion element, a detector and the like. After the light reflected by the surface of the object is measured and passes through the spectrometer, numerical values and analysis are automatically displayed in a computerized mode through grabbing of the light information, so that the component information in the object is measured. This technique is widely used in the detection of air pollution, water pollution, food sanitation, etc. Along with the continuous expansion of the application measurement system of the micro spectrometer, the advantages of rapid and efficient analysis and portable real-time application of the micro spectrometer are gradually revealed, and the spectrum analysis technology is gradually going from laboratory analysis to on-site real-time detection.
The dispersive element is a core chip of the spectrometer and has an important decision function for analyzing the spectrum to be detected. The traditional micro spectrometer adopts a grating dispersion element, needs to be aligned and packaged, and is difficult to realize chip integration. By adopting a silicon CMOS process, S.N. Zheng et al report a Fourier micro spectrometer prepared by a micro-ring and a Mach-Zehnder modulator based on a thermo-optical effect, and a spectrum test function is realized. [ patent publication Microring resonator-assisted Fourier transform spectrometer with enhanced resolution and large bandwidth in single chip, solution. Nat. Commun. 10, 2349 (2019) ] however, the collection efficiency of signal light is relatively low in current silicon-based micro spectrometers based on silicon-based CMOS process platforms. The method mainly comprises the following two steps: 1. the light source is a non-laser light source, the directivity and the collimation are poor, the divergence angle of 2 and the light spot is large, the signal light needs to be coupled into an optical fiber, a grating or a waveguide after being transmitted in free space, at the moment, the light signal intensity is very weak, and the subsequent signal conversion processing is difficult to carry out. Thus, spectroscopic measurements can be achieved with intense light sources only in the laboratory, but are difficult to use for practical spectroscopic detection.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a chip with a spectrum resolution function, which can realize a high-precision light splitting function in a small size.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
a chip with spectrum resolution function, characterized in that: comprising a micro-ring and at least one set of wavelength selectors, the micro-ring producing a multi-wavelength laser source lambda m The output end of the micro-ring is connected with the input end of at least one group of wavelength selectors through a waveguide, each group of wavelength selectors is correspondingly provided with a light emitter, a first detector and a second detector, and the laser lambda output by the wavelength selectors is in time sequence m,t The first detector receives the laser signal emitted by the light emitter, and the second detector receives the laser signal reflected by the light emitter in the free space.
Further, the wavelength selector comprises at least one micro-ring with a thermal regulation function, and the refractive index of the micro-ring material with the thermal regulation function is changed by heating the at least one micro-ring with the thermal regulation function, so that the wavelength is selected.
Further, the micro-ring input end receives single-wavelength laser light outside the chip to irradiate and generate laser light with different wavelengths, and the heating device applies different powers to the wavelength selector according to time sequence, so that the laser light with different wavelengths is emitted into a free space in time sequence, the laser light entering the free space is reflected by an object to be detected, and the reflected light is received by the second detector.
Further, the first detector receives the laser signal sent by the light emitter as a calibration signal, the second detector receives the laser signal reflected by the free space emitted by the light emitter as a detection signal, and the detection signal is compared with the calibration signal, so that the comparison of the relative intensities of different wavelengths is realized.
Further, the first detector is coaxially arranged with the light emitter, and receives the laser signal directly sent by the light emitter.
Further, the second detector is connected with the light emitter through a light reflection structure, and receives laser signals reflected back from the free space emitted by the light emitter.
Further, the light reflecting structure adopts a grating structure or a 45-degree mirror structure.
Further, the micro-ring adopts a high Q value micro-ring, and the Q value range of the micro-ring is 1 multiplied by 10 5 ~1×10 8 The laser wavelength range generated by the micro-ring is 20-2000.
Further, the chip with the spectrum resolution function is integrated on a silicon substrate.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following advantages and effects:
1. the invention adopts an optical frequency comb technology to realize a wide-spectrum laser light source, and utilizes a thermally tuned micro-ring structure to realize the selection of single wavelength; by applying different powers to the thermal tuning micro-ring at different moments, laser with different wavelengths is emitted, precise selection of the wavelength at a specific moment is realized, and the wavelength does not need to be identified after light reflection; compared with the traditional dispersion structure device, the high-precision light splitting function can be realized in a small size;
2. the coaxial light path is adopted for light emission and collection, so that the collection efficiency of reflected signal light is greatly improved, the interference of other stray light can be avoided, the working dynamic range of a spectrum chip is finally improved, and the daily use requirement of a spectrometer is met.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a chip with spectrum resolution function according to the present invention.
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In order to explain in detail the technical solutions adopted by the present invention to achieve the predetermined technical purposes, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments, and that technical means or technical features in the embodiments of the present invention may be replaced without inventive effort, and the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in combination with the embodiments.
As shown in FIG. 1, a chip with spectrum resolution function of the present invention comprises a micro-ring 1 and at least one group of wavelength selectors 2, wherein the micro-ring generates a multi-wavelength laser source lambda m . The output of the micro-ring 1 is connected to the input of at least one set of wavelength selectors 2 via a waveguide 3. Each group of wavelength selectors 2 is correspondingly provided with an optical transmitter 4, a first detector 5 and a second detector 6, and the laser lambda outputted by the wavelength selectors 2 is arranged in time sequence m,t The light emitter 4 is connected through a waveguide to emit into free space, the first detector 5 receives the laser signal emitted by the light emitter 4, and the second detector 6 receives the laser signal reflected back from the light emitter 4 into free space.
The micro-ring 1 adopts a high Q-value micro-ring. The microring 1 has a Q value in the range of 1×10 5 ~1×10 8 The laser wavelength range generated by the micro-ring 1 is 20-2000. The micro-ring 1 with high Q value generates laser with different wavelengths under the irradiation of external single-wavelength laser, and the generated laser enters the photoelectric component under the guidance of the waveguide. The high Q micro-ring 1 generates a wide-spectrum laser (also called an optical frequency comb) by coupling an external narrow linewidth laser to the high Q micro-ring using a nonlinear effect. Compared with the common infrared light source, the wide-spectrum laser light source has discrete wavelength, small divergence angle and strong intensity. Through the broad-spectrum laser light source of the micro-ring 1 with high Q value, the spectrum range is 1000 nm-1700 nm, and the wavelength interval range between each two lasers is 0.2 nm-2 nm.
The wavelength selector 2 includes at least one micro-ring having a thermal adjustment function, and the refractive index of the micro-ring material having the thermal adjustment function is changed by heating the at least one micro-ring having the thermal adjustment function, thereby realizing the selection of the wavelength. Before using the spectrum chip, the hot-tuning voltage value of the micro-ring corresponding to each wavelength is recorded and registered, and when the spectrum chip is used, the voltage of the hot-tuning micro-ring is called to realize the rapid selection of a single wavelength. The number of micro-rings with the heat regulating function is 1-5 according to actual needs. By means of the coding technique, the parameters of the wavelength selector 2 are adjusted to achieve a determined wavelength emission. The selected single-wavelength laser light is introduced onto the optical transmitter 4 through a waveguide, and the laser light is emitted into free space. According to the actual demand, a plurality of groups of wavelength selectors 2 can be arranged, and laser with various wavelengths can be emitted at the same time, so that the collection efficiency of the spectrum is improved.
The input end of the micro-ring 1 receives single-wavelength laser irradiation outside the chip to generate laser with different wavelengths, the heating device applies different powers to the wavelength selector 2 according to time sequence so as to select the laser with different wavelengths to be sequentially emitted into a free space, the laser entering the free space is reflected by an object to be detected, and the reflected light is received by the second detector 6. The chip adopts a time-sharing working mode, namely, one detector can only detect the intensity of one wavelength laser at a time. In order to improve the working efficiency of the spectrum chip, the wavelength selector array and the detector array can be adopted to realize simultaneous detection of the laser intensities of a plurality of wavelengths.
The first detector 5 receives the laser signal sent by the light emitter 4 as a calibration signal, the second detector 6 receives the laser signal reflected by the free space emitted by the light emitter as a detection signal, and the detection signal is compared with the calibration signal to realize the comparison of the relative intensities of different wavelengths. The spectrum detection range of the detector is 1000 nm-1700 nm.
The first detector 5 is coaxially arranged with the optical transmitter 4 and receives the laser signal directly emitted by the optical transmitter 4. The second detector 6 is connected with the light emitter 4 through a light reflecting structure, and receives the laser signal reflected by the free space emitted by the light emitter. The light reflection structure adopts a grating structure or a 45-degree mirror structure. Although the grating structure has an emission angle close to 90 degrees for lasers with different wavelengths in a certain wavelength range, the detection range of the spectrum chip is very wide, and the actual requirement is difficult to meet by only adopting one grating structure. Therefore, the grating structure array can be designed according to actual requirements, and corresponds to different wavelength use ranges.
The laser emitted into the free space meets the object to be measured, the light is reflected back to the vicinity of the light emitter, at this time, the second detector 6 is integrated in the vicinity of the light emitter 4, the reflected light signal can be collected by the second detector 6, and the second detector 6 is a plane incidence collection type detector, so that the light in the free space does not need to be coupled into the chip through a coupler, and the collection efficiency of the light signal is greatly improved. In addition, part of the light of the laser light is collected by the first detector 5 before being emitted as a calibration signal.
The chip with the spectrum resolution function is integrated on a silicon substrate. Materials from which the optoelectronic device is fabricated include, but are not limited to, silicon nitride, silicon oxide, germanium, metal electrodes, and the like. Various components on the chip are integrated on the chip using a CMOS semiconductor process of silicon.
The present invention is not limited to the preferred embodiments, but is capable of modification and variation in detail, and other embodiments, such as those described above, of making various modifications and equivalents will fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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1. A chip with spectrum resolution function, characterized in that: comprising a micro-ring and at least one set of wavelength selectors, the micro-ring producing a multi-wavelength laser source lambda m The output end of the micro-ring is connected with the input end of at least one group of wavelength selectors through a waveguide, and each group of wavelength selectors is correspondingly provided with a light emitter, a first detector and a second detectorA detector for outputting laser lambda from the wavelength selector in time sequence m,t The first detector receives the laser signal emitted by the light emitter, and the second detector receives the laser signal reflected by the light emitter in the free space; the wavelength selector comprises at least one micro-ring with a heat regulation function, and the refractive index of a micro-ring material with the heat regulation function is changed by heating the at least one micro-ring with the heat regulation function, so that the selection of a single wavelength is realized; the micro-ring input end receives single-wavelength laser light outside the chip to generate laser light with different wavelengths, the heating device applies different powers to the wavelength selector according to time sequence, so that the laser light with different wavelengths is emitted into free space in time sequence, the laser light entering the free space is reflected by an object to be detected, and the reflected light is received by the second detector.
2. The chip with spectrum resolution function according to claim 1, wherein: the first detector receives the laser signal sent by the light emitter as a calibration signal, the second detector receives the laser signal reflected by the free space emitted by the light emitter as a detection signal, and the detection signal is compared with the calibration signal to realize the comparison of the relative intensities of different wavelengths.
3. The chip with spectrum resolution function according to claim 1, wherein: the first detector is coaxially arranged with the light emitter and receives the laser signal directly sent by the light emitter.
4. The chip with spectrum resolution function according to claim 1, wherein: the second detector is connected with the light emitter through a light reflection structure and receives laser signals reflected back from the free space emitted by the light emitter.
5. The chip with spectrum resolution function as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the light reflection structure adopts a grating structure or a 45-degree mirror structure.
6. The chip with spectrum resolution function according to claim 1, wherein: the micro-ring adopts a high Q value micro-ring, and the Q value range of the micro-ring is 1 multiplied by 10 5 ~1×10 8 The number of laser wavelengths generated by the micro-ring is 20-2000.
7. The chip with spectrum resolution function according to claim 1, wherein: the chip with the spectrum resolution function is integrated on a silicon substrate.
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